Wim Mertens - Inescapable 1980-2020 (2019) [Hi-Res/CD-Rip]

40 years of creations, 61 compositions, 300 minutes of music (5 hours), 12 tracks never released before. 4 new compositions: European Grasses, for grand ensemble of 19 musicians; Novel, Wim Mertens plays the harmonium for the first time; Sprachresten, commissioned by the city of Bruges for the 500th anniversary of its famous Carillon; Under Erasure, for harps, played by Anneleen Lenaerts. 8 Wim Mertens hits revisited in live versions: Maximizing the Audience; The Belly; Lyr; Watch!; Not at Home; Humility and Bassin d’Attraction; One Breath.

Tracklist
CD1
01. 4 Mains
02. European Grasses
03. Al
04. And Hit the Bitter Water
05. Bassin d'Atraction
06. Gleaner
07. Cryptic Reserve
08. In 3 or 4 Days
09. Humility
10. Zoet'kemiesch
11. Wegzuwünschen
12. We'll Find Out
13. The Place of a Gap
14. Far
15. Song 6
16. Close Cover
17. Suite Exacte

CD2
01. La Fin De La Visite
02. Iris
03. Multiple 12
04. Maximizing the Audience
05. Novel
06. No Testament
07. Old Katarakt
08. Often a Bird
09. Wie Mich Dünckt
10. The Scene
11. Not at Home
12. With All Its Might
13. Many Tens of Thousands of Things

CD3
01. Inergys
02. Sprachresten
03. Circular Breathing
04. The Belly
05. Hufhuf
06. Struggle for Pleasure
07. The Fosse
08. Sovereign Abandon
09. Passend (Reprise)
10. The Way Down
11. La Femme De Nulle Part
12. The Tonality
13. A Tiels Leis
14. MP 4
15. The Whole of the Past
16. Insert Coin

CD4
01. Un Respiro
02. Yes, I Never Did
03. Alef
04. Tactility
05. Prudence
06. Under Erasure
07. Usura
08. Wound to Wound
09. Lir
10. Earmarked
11. Watch !
12. Zutzig
13. Zusammensetsen
14. Inergys (Reprise)
15. Noli Me Tangere